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Originally Posted by wittynickname
There's a slight difference between a bar/club/gym and a hockey game which is supposedly a family experience. Also there's a difference between women choosing their own outfit to wear to a club/bar vs. what a professional hockey team makes its uniform for its ice girls. I have no issue with the Flames ice girls' outfits, and several other teams are fine (Penguins have their "patrol"--which actually includes men and women, and the women are wearing pants and shirts that show just a bit of midriff. Really tame, honestly). But the examples shown in the post a few back are pretty obviously what women talk about when we complain about the "ice girls."
Like let's be honest, if I go to a game and make a comment about how I find Kris Letang incredibly attractive, some idiot is going to pull the "you're only here because you think he's cute!" crap (and yes, this has happened regularly). But if a guy is ogling an ice girl, no one suggests that he's only at the game for the eye candy.
The point in the article about just including women: give us jersey sizing options that work. More fitted jerseys but in normal regular team colors, because not everything for women has to be sparkly and pink. I don't want you to market specifically to me, I don't need a "hockey and heels" educational thing. Just maybe put the ice girls in reasonable clothing and give me some jersey options that fit decently on a woman's body. Women understand the game as well as men, allow them opportunities for front office jobs. Embrace female reporters/media members. It's really not that much, we're not looking for special treatment, we just want to be treated like anyone else involved in the game.
This isn't a CP problem, or an NHL problem, this is a problem that pervades every single part of life on a pretty regular basis.
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Wouldn't it also be on the women too for allowing this to happen? Like the ice girls making a stand on wearing something degrading. Or women refusing not to be an "ice girl"
And as for the pink jerseys, wouldnt the demand speak for itself? if women don't like the pink versions, allow the market to adjust so the lack of sales show pink jerseys aren't selling to their expectations and later roll out with just women sized jerseys